Breweries around Edinburgh & South East Scotland

The only microbrewery in Edinburgh's city centre, Barney's Beer was founded in 2010 and now brews on the site of the original 1800s Summerhall Brewery. Summerhall is Edinburgh's centre for the arts an... View

Belhaven is Scotland's oldest working brewery, established in 1719. Nestling between the rolling hills of East Lothian and a beautiful bay (the meaning of Belhaven), it brews beers using 100% Scottish... View

Bellfield was established in 2014 and was the UK’s first certified gluten-free brewery. It is accredited by Coeliac UK and registered with the Vegan Society. The new site with taproom and all-weather... View

Scotland's original plough-to-pint brewery, it started brewing as Scottish Borders Brewery in 2011, using its own barley, before changing to Born in the Borders Brewery, and then Born Brewery in 2020.... View

Founded in 1979, Broughton Ales was one of the first microbreweries. Broughton has developed since then, and though more than 60% of production goes into bottle for sale in Britain and abroad, it reta... View

Campervan began brewing in 2016 in a garage and an old campervan (hence the name). The van is still used for some events. A new 10-barrel facility in Leith was opened in 2017. Campervan's Lost in Leit... View

Launched as a microbrewery in an old disused church on Grassmarket in 2018, Cold Town evolved quickly and expanded to a larger site in 2019. The original brewery metamorphised into a bar and restauran... View

Established in 2016 by childhood friends Jonathan Wilson and Gary Munckton, Cross Borders brews traditional Scottish ales without pretension. The onsite taproom is open Friday and Saturday. View

Durty Brewing produces beers inspired by the landscape of the Scottish Borders, with each beer named after the famous mountain biking trails of the Tweed Valley. Beers are available in cans. View

Family-run brewery that was established in 2015. With packaging inspired by Leith-born artist Eduardo Paolozzi the beers are available in bottle, keg and can. Brewing ceased in Edinburgh in 2022, befo... View

Brewing began in 2012 from within the Hanging Bat bar using a 50-litre brew kit from the United States. View

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This in-house brewery operates from a space next to, and visible from, the Keller Taproom. There is also a distillery. The first unfiltered craft lager appeared in mid 2021. View

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Brewing commenced in 2021 from a site close to the Water of Leith using a 35hl three-vessel brew kit. The range of core beers together with seasonal beers, one-offs and collaborations are produced in... View

The four founders moved north from London having worked at Kernel and Siren breweries in the past decade, and opened Newbarns in 2020. Real ale production commenced at the end of 2021. An adjacent tap... View

Originally set up at the organic farm, East Coast Organics in Pencaitland, Newt Brew moved in 2021 to new premises at Eskbank, Musselburgh, just outside Edinburgh. Beers are produced in small 100-1,00... View

Otherworld Brewing Ltd was established in 2022 and specialises in producing modern sour and mixed fermentation beers. Available mostly in cans. View

Pilot began brewing in 2013 in an industrial unit in Leith using a five-barrel plant. A move to larger premises has allowed for expansion. Beers are unfined and unfiltered. Almost all output is keg or... View

Founded by partners Kat Drinnan and Jimmy Mehtala in 2019, this home-based, 60-litre nanobrewery produces four core beers. View